Design and execution
Colla Museum
Location
Quebrada de Paipote, commune of Copiapó
Project year
2023-2024
Surface
44 m²
Execution of the work
2024
Principal
Colla indigenous community of the Copiapó commune.
Funding Source
Private.
Responsible professional or consultant
Architect David Cortez.
Project team
Architect Natalia Jorquera, Graduate in Architecture Valentina Olivares.
Predominant construction technique
Quincha.
Project Description
Starting from an old vernacular cellar with a fireplace, a new space was designed to house an ethnographic museum of the Colla community of Copiapó, in which everyday objects will be exhibited. The morphology of the old space was followed and only construction techniques and materials that were part of the Colla tradition were used, designing and executing the Museum in quincha con brea (wooden structure filled with sticks of tar and earth mortar) and stone finishes. .
